Editing Squire Bancroft (section)

==Later life and career==
In the 1870s and 1880s, in addition to his management responsibilities, Bancroft continued to play leading roles in numerous contemporary plays, as well as in works by Shakespeare and [[Richard Brinsley Sheridan]]'s and other classic plays, often opposite his wife.<ref name=NYPL>[http://archives.nypl.org/the/21493 "Squire Bancroft letter book, 1836-1922"], Billy Rose Theatre Division, [[New York Public Library for the Performing Arts]], retrieved 8 December 2013</ref> In 1879, the Bancrofts moved to the [[Haymarket Theatre]], where they produced or starred in a revival of ''Money'', and in Sardou's ''Odette'' (for which they engaged Madame [[Helena Modjeska]]), ''Fedora'', and Pinero's ''Lords and Commons'', with revivals of previous successes.{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}}

Having made a considerable fortune, they retired from management in 1885, but Bancroft continued to act until 1918.<ref name=NYPL/> Bancroft was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] in 1897. Between 1917, and his death in 1926, Bancroft maintained rooms at the fashionable [[Albany (London)|Albany]], in [[Piccadilly]].<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=41481 ''Albany'', Survey of London: volumes 31 and 32: St James Westminster, Part 2 (1963), pp. 367-389] accessed: 5 November 2007</ref> He and his wife are buried in [[Brompton Cemetery]]; a flat, arch-shaped memorial marks the graves, but their mausoleum was destroyed by bombing in World War II.<ref>[https://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/brompton-cemetery/explore-brompton-cemetery/sir-squire-and-lady-effie-bancroft "Sir Squire & Lady Effie Bancroft"], Explore Brompton Cemetery, The Royal Parks, retrieved 4 November 2019</ref>